Pagbasa Mo, Saya Ko Cube: A Reading Intervention for Grade One Struggling Readers
Keywords:
struggling readers, cube, remedialAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Reading is a tool and is the basis of all learning. Comprehension is the ultimate goal of all reading. Through these skills, the teacher can determine the possible performance of a pupil in the class. Pagbasa Mo, Saya Ko (PMSK) was created as a reading intervention for Banlic Elementary School Grade One (1) struggling readers in Filipino who were found needing the necessary intervention, PMSK needs an organized set of lessons to achieve its goal of remediating the participants' basic reading skill. Pagbasa Mo, Saya Ko Cube contains lessons that deal with vowel letters and their sounds (Filipino), Consonant letters and their sounds (Filipino), Filipino syllables, Filipino 2-syllable words, so that PMSK participants can get closer to the target competencies of their normal Grade level.
METHODS
The researcher utilized total enumeration of 36 identified struggling readers and used descriptive research that aims to describe the development of the reading levels of the respondents by analyzing the data from the checklist. The implementation programs run from July to October 2018. During the month of July, teacher-researcher incorporated non-reader pupils into remedial reading intervention in an attempt to improve pupils' reading skills. The following tasks were accomplished prior to the implementation of the project: Identify the reading level of the pupils. Grade One Non-reader Pupils were given oral pre-test which yielded 0% meaning they cannot recognize even the letters and sounds of the Filipino alphabet. Obtained all necessary approval from the parents/ guardians of the pupils' participants. Drafted instructional material. Validated the instructional materials by the school principal and the school coordinator in Filipino. Designed and laid out of the materials in the form of a cube. Lastly, an orientation among participants was conducted.
RESULTS
The results showed that all pupils were able to read at the end of the intervention program. It means the Pagbasa Mo Saya ko Cube was effective.
DISCUSSIONS
Pagbasa Mo Saya Ko Cube was introduced to the respondents as an intervention for Banlic Elementary School Grade one pupil struggling readers in Filipino. Most students improve their reading skills in the month of September 2018. However, it was noticed that a very small number of students improved in the first 2 months. After the implementation of Pagbasa Mo Saya Ko(PMSK) these pupils can read 2-syllable Filipino words. It was also noticed that there was progress in the reading abilities of the pupils.